Sony Xperia Tipo is a mid-end Android phone released back in the year 2012, counting with a 3.2 MP back-facing camera, a good performance 800 MHz processor and a 3.2-inches capacitive touch-screen.
Sony sells this phone in a lot of colors: black, blue, red and white. The Sony Xperia Tipo is a little bit thick compared to nowadays devices, being as thick as 0.51 inches. This phone doesn't feel very lightweight comparing with today standards, weighting 3.51 oz.
The Sony Xperia Tipo is equipped with a nice 480 x 320 3.2 inches screen, making everything look nice. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and has multi-touch detection.
The Sony Xperia Tipo is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A chip, including a great performance processing unit speeding at 800 MHz and 512 MB RAM. Graphic rendering often uses a lot of CPU time, so the Sony Xperia Tipo also has an Adreno 200 (enhanced) GPU running at 200 megahertz to take care of them, leaving the CPU free for other tasks. This cellphone comes with areasonable 2,5 GB internal memory, which is fine considering this phone also has an external memory card slot .
This phone only features a 3.2 MP back-facing camera. It can also shoot videos in 640x480 (VGA). This camera also counts with geo tagging.
This phone uses a 1500 mAh medium sized Li-Ion battery providing this phone with a below average battery life. This device has an estimated talk time of 5 hours and a stand by time of 470 hours according to Sony.
The Sony Xperia Tipo provides wifi capability (and it can share it with other devices acting as a wireless router or modem) and fast 3G connectivity, over HSDPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This phone works with a SIM card to use GSM services.
This cellphone also comes with some cool features such as Bluetooth (enables communication with other bluetooth devices and accessories) and GPS Localization, and some sensors likeProximity Sensor and Accelerometer.
Sony offers this cellphone for 250 dollars, which is a very high price for this kind of phone. When buying the Sony Xperia Tipo you will also receive synchronisation and file transfer, Charger, micro USB cable for charging and and user documentation..
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Sony |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.0.4 |
| Variant: | See other variants reviews |
| Also Known As: | Sony Tapioca |
| Product code: | ST21i |
| Dimensions: | 4.06 x 2.24 x 0.51 inchesMetric10.31 x 5.69 x 1.3 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 3.51 ouncesMetric99.51 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black, Blue, Red and White |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Accessories: | Charger, and user documentation., micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer |
| Release date: | 2012-06-13 |
| Price: | $ 250.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | TFT (256K colors) |
| Size: | 3.2 inchesMetric8.1 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 320 x 480 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 180 pixels per inchMetric70.87 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A |
| Processor: | ARM Cortex-A5 (Single-Core 800 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 512 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | Adreno 200 (enhanced) (200 MHz) |
| Internal Memory: | 2,5 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1500 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 470 hours |
| Talk Time: | 5 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 3.2 megapixels |
| Max video resolution: | 640 x 480 (VGA) |
| Camera features: | Geo Tagging |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| UMTS Bands: | 900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 2.1, EDR |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor |